Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social's schedule is officially out! Heartlines will be stationed in the vendor room for the weekend! Come say hi and talk about short fiction! www.can-con.org/events/live-...

One of my fave short stories I've read in the last year(ish)!

Our Kickstarter launches in TEN DAYS! September 29 is in fact SOMEHOW ten days away!!! We’re nervous and excited and SO ready. We're only screaming intermittently. Sign up to be notified when it launches. We have a lot of fun rewards and goals planned… you won’t want to miss this 👀

Giveaway now live! FF Patreons can enter win their choice of books by @kurellian.bsky.social @mariadongwrites.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social or magazines from @heartlines-spec.com @undertow.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/march-...

Delighted to see my Aurora-finalist trans Bildungsroman fairytale, “And When She Shatters” included in this years Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by @ourmankoto.bsky.social 🚀🧝 ✨ & this little @heartlines-spec.com tale gets to appear alongside many friends & Augur creators !!

TORONTO PEEPS! Heartlines Spec is going to be at Word on the Street! We'll be selling ALL THE SWAG: magazines, art prints, stickers, pins, and patches ❤️ Visit us! Say hi! Maybe buy something cute? WOTS is 100% free to attend. Learn more at toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca #TorontoWOTS #WOTS2025

Congrats to the finalists!! We’re so pleased to see ‘And When She Shatters’ by @kercoby.bsky.social from Issue 4 in the TOC 😍

FFer Read of the Day: "White Smoke from the West" by @jyzh.bsky.social in @heartlines-spec.com www.heartlines-spec.com/white-smoke-...

“It’s Charli’s Body, You’re Just Living In It” is my ode to fraught queer friendships, portal fantasies, and trying to mend what you can in a wounded world. Now free to read in @heartlines-spec.com: www.heartlines-spec.com/its-charlis-...

It's Sept. 15th, and you know what that means? It means it's halfway through September and Heartlines Spec/@heartlines-spec.com is still open for submissions! What are we looking for? ✅ Spec! 🪄👽🧝🏽🐲🌌👾⚔️ ✅ A long-term relationship at the core (familial/platonic/romantic) 🫂 Send us your stories now! ✍🏽

Comics are under attack in Canada. We cannot stay silent. Read and share TCAF’s statement on censorship in Alberta’s public schools, then join us in taking action! www.torontocomics.com/post/comics-...

I WANT TO READ YOUR POEMS!! Give me all your spec poetry with established relationships. My (extremely flexible) wish list: 💜Aro/Ace QPRs 🌌Cosmic Phenomena 🫀Cannibalism (IYKYK) Subs are open until Sept 30!

The search is ooooooooooover! We're delighted to announce that @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social is our new Poetry Editor! She'll be working with Jess to finish out the issue. Look how judgey that bonus editor is! You definitely want to impress them by sending your weirdest, best poetry.

If you’re a Canadian, I urge you to sign this petition.

Perhaps we can entice you with squabbling animals in this trying time

Last month, my story “For the Pursuit of the Better” was featured in @reactorsff.bsky.social’s Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: July 2025. Today this story is free to read online in @heartlines-spec.com! 🫀 www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...

Sad to see them go, love to watch them walk away (in the blended family sense obvi) Jess is so talented and is gonna do more amazing things 💜💜💜

I’ll end this with something I’ve said before. Art has value. It’s an essential service. What we do, is one of the most important jobs on this fucking planet. Do not undervalue it or yourself. Ever. Fight for it. Trust me, you will never regret that. 5/5

if you were looking for something to yell at your MP for.

My gay little sci-fi romp is live and free to read at @heartlines-spec.com 🫀!

Kissing, Brain Parasites, and a (Mild) Nuclear Explosion by @j-needham.bsky.social is now free-to-read! The title tells you everything! So scrub up, get some hazmat, and we'll meet you after the autopsy www.heartlines-spec.com/kissing-brai...

Join TEAM NO BURNOUT (maybe some burnout, as a treat)

Do you kick your feet over chosen family stories? Do you yearn about generation ships lost to time? Are you haunted by multiverse and all the different iterations of your love/nemesis? Heartlines is growing! We’re looking for - A poetry editor - 2-3 submission readers Looking until we're not 🫀

Why send us early subs? You get: ❣️fresh eyeballs (plump, moist, dense) ❣️boundless reading energy (cackling and exhaustion free) ❣️more time to submit again (good vibes of deadlines)

Orbit Decay by Bella Chacha is now free-to-read! It's a long trip but it's better with someone else 💜🛰️ www.heartlines-spec.com/orbit-decay-...

so excited that this is free to the public!! so happy to have heartlines as a home for my work about long-term love and having boy best friends 💞

Girl Adventure Story by @rosemaxwell.bsky.social is now free-to-read! What comes after the portal and all the life-changing experiences within? 🪩 www.heartlines-spec.com/girl-adventu...

send us something weird!!! frog x frog. jaded ex-lovers in a fight against a tyrannical frog king. cyborg frog mommy. we want it if it's got 1) a long-term relationship (incl. familial and/or platonic) and 2) strong speculative elements! (the frogs are just for me)

Good news friends! Moksha added custom form fields and we now have a section for any content or trigger warnings. It's not a requirement but is appreciated 💙 heartlinesspec.moksha.io

Early submission period for @heartlines-spec.com /Heartlines Spec is upon us! Send us your fantasy and/or sci-fi stories based around long-term relationships (platonic, familial, romantic)! Refresh your memory here with the full guidelines: www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

Tomorrow we read again 👀 www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

“Does Nainamma understand that she is imprisoned in my time loop? Does she begrudge my need to be protected, to be loved, at the cost of her freedom?” 👀

Timeloop by @patluri.bsky.social is now free-to-read! This poem will slip you into an old memory, something sweet and savoury. www.heartlines-spec.com/time-loop-by...

We need MORE people like @tiffmorris.bsky.social and more Indigenous writers, and so when genre spaces and institutions do things like the way they have promoted a most recent 'big con' and erase over Indigenous folks, show a lack of care, or overt harassment, it is not right!!

*Casually adds this to the vibes list*

Manitoba friends, what are some visuals you associate with the province? Landmarks, iconic buildings etc Thinking up our next cover…

Here’s the thing. I’m not pointing fingers at individuals. All I ask for is consistency. If one Masthead is being carefully listed for the category of Best Semiprozine, then read them all. If there is a word or a time limit, let us know! We will happily adhere to the rules you’ve set!

It's important to have a balanced SFF reading diet. @heartlines-spec.com and Radon, when consumed together, will give you the full breadth of emotion each day

Now free-to-read, my first publication in @heartlines-spec.com, “And I Will Read to You About Butterflies.” www.heartlines-spec.com/and-i-will-r...

My social media is filled with artists announcing that they are suspending shipments to the US when the de minimis tariff exemptions are removed August 29. This is devastating for a lot of small businesses. Canadian artists should find artworks still exempt from tariffs (in accordance with CUSMA)

Get ready, we open soon! Early subs for equity-deserving groups: August 24 General subs: September 1 If you're still tinkering, @rebecca-b.bsky.social created a list of Vibes and Comparables! It's not an exhaustive list but it should kickstart some words. www.heartlines-spec.com/vibes-and-co...

Canadians: couldn't make it to @seattlein2025.org? Join us online for four hours of reading, discussion and general chat with writers from across Canada, and a chance to hear from the Chairs and other team members of the Edmonton 2030 bid. 3pm to 7pm Seattle time us02web.zoom.us/j/8312096728...

riptide by @rukman.bsky.social is now free-to-read!! Let's stand at the ocean together and y e a r n www.heartlines-spec.com/riptide-by-r...

What an honor to have my short story, “For the Pursuit of the Better,” featured here! Thank you @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social! And thanks to @heartlines-spec.com for believing in my story. ❤️

“Stripe says” is PR speak for" we’re caught, and our lawyers are sweating bullets." If they’re scrambling, it means pressure is working, and that’s the point where you push harder, not ease up.

Write in and tell them how AI is destructive bullshit

Once again, to all of my Canadian followers, this is INCREDIBLY ILLEGAL here. No private company can discriminate against LGBT content in any way. It is enshrined in federal law. Call and ask stripe why they're breaking Canadian hate crime laws. Call your local NDP or Liberal party rep and ask them.

I'm so excited this is out! I really hope you enjoy it!

Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine Cranes by @kanishkt.bsky.social is now free-to-read! After reading, you're going to wonder why the stages of grief don't include a crafting phase. www.heartlines-spec.com/nine-hundred...

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Cdns. borrowed most in July 2025. Feat. a top 10 from: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, and @biblioasis.bsky.social.